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TABLE C-1 (REVISED 8/06/01) 1979-1999 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS

10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, BY SEX

CRUDE RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION
    1999  
1994-96
1989-91
1979-81
CAUSE OF DEATH *  
NUMBER
 RATE
  
RATE
RATE
RATE
               
1. DISEASES OF HEART T 1335 224.8   261.7 256.2 328.8

10th: I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51

M 644 275.2   261.5 255.8 353.7

9th: 390-398, 402, 404, 410-429 (0.99)

 F 691 182.1   261.8 256.6 305.0
               
2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (CANCER) T 1252 210.9   202.5 199.8 187.2

10th: C00-C97

M 661 265.1   211.6 217.5 202.1

9th: 140-208 (1.01)

 F 591 176.0   193.7 182.8 173.0
               
OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS AND LUNG T 338 56.9   51.9 48.9 44.6

10th: C33-C34

M 210 82.8   62.2 67.1 66.8

9th: 162 (0.98)

 F 128 38.9   41.9 31.5 23.4
               
3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (STROKE) T 344 57.9   60.4 54.1 69.3

10th: I60-I69

M 127 56.9   44.5 41.3 57.8

9th: 430-434, 436-438 (1.06)

 F 217 55.9   75.9 66.3 80.2
               
4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (COPD) T 300 50.5   44.9 41.6 33.0

10th: J40-J47

 M 136 58.2   44.7 49.8 48.3

9th: 490-494, 496 (1.05)

 F 164 46.6   45.1 33.6 18.5
               
5. ACCIDENTS (UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES) T 208 35.0   31.7 34.4 46.3

10th: V01-X59, Y85-Y86

 M 134 51.0   42.9 46.2 66.4

9th: E800-E869, E880-E929 (1.03)

 F 74 22.0   20.8 23.1 27.1
               
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS              

10th: V02-V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12-V14,V19.0-

 T 79 13.3   21.3 14.5 12.1

V19.2, V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79,V80.3-

 M 59 20.1   32.3 20.6 17.2

V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V82.0-V82.1,V83-

 F 20 6.6   10.7 8.7 7.1

V86,V87.0-V87.8,V88.0-V88.8,V89.0,V89.2

              

9th: E810-E825 (0.85)

              
               
6. DIABETES MELLITUS T 179 30.1   24.9 22.1 13.5

10th: E10-E14

M 88 34.6   23.9 20.2 10.9

9th: 250 (1.01)

 F 91 26.7   26.0 23.9 16.0
               
7. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA T 131 22.1   20.9 22.3 17.6

10th: J10-J18

M 55 26.6   17.6 19.7 16.9

9th: 480-487 (0.70)

 F 76 19.5   24.1 24.9 18.2
               
8. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE T 127 21.4   15.5 15.3 0.9

10th: G30

M 30 15.6   8.8 9.8 0.6

9th: 331.0 (1.55)

 F 97 24.4   22.0 20.6 1.2
               
9. INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) T 63 10.6   11.5 16.2 16.2

10th: X60-X84, Y87.0

 M 49 17.6   19.0 27.5 25.7

9th: E950-E959 (1.00)

 F 14 4.5   4.3 5.3 7.1
               
10. NEPHRITIS/NEPHROSIS (KIDNEY DISEASE) T 61 10.3   9.0 9.6 7.1

10th: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27

M 24 10.9   7.7 8.3 8.0

9th: 580-589 (1.23)

 F 37 10.3   10.4 10.9 6.3
               
* CAUSE OF DEATH IS CODED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES. DEATHS IN 1979 TO 1998 WERE CODED ACCORDING TO ICD-9. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999. DEATHS WERE CODED ACCORDING TO ICD-10. SINCE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE IN ICD-10, THE CODE NUMBERS FOR ICD-9 AND ICD-10 ARE GIVEN IN ADDITION TO           COMPARABILITY RATIOS WHICH HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THE EARLIER RATES TO MAKE THEM COMPARABLE TO THE ICD-10 RATES. NOTES: THE COMPARABILITY RATIOS WERE           PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS IN DECEMBER, 2000.          

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